5.06.2004
Well, I watched Michael Moore's "the big one" movie. It has been residing on my hard drive for nearly a year now, but I haven't gotten around to watching it until now. Perhaps it was the whole Miramax/publicity thing. I was very disappointed in him over that. To take on the mantle of censored free-speech activist just to attract attention to his movie was I thought a really cheap shot. Especially from him, for all the talk of truth and responsibility. As for The Big One, it wasn't too bad... a few funny moments, but as with Bowling for Columbine, I was unsure of what he was really trying to say. There was lots of talk of outsourcing and downsizing and all, but there was very little in the way of prescriptive action. Lots of publicity, asking ill-prepared PR reps loaded questions and then pushing a camera in their face to watch them stutter, but nothing concrete beyond that.
MM: "What do you think of when you play with yourself in the shower?"
PR Rep: "Well, I..., um... Trying to stay competitive...ummm."
I am kidding, but it did kind of seem like that at times. As for welfare workers and providing jobs for people in Flint, I have to say that I remain unimpressed. I can only speak for myself, but I worked by posterior off in school so that I can have the type of job that I have, and I continue to work very hard at it. And I don't want to hear about any downtrodden poor black people who never had a chance. They have every chance in the world, the same as I had. In this country the only reason people can't obtain a degree is because they don't buckle down and work at it. Brains has nothing to do with it, background has nothing to do with it. Work ethic has everything to do with it. A bit hard core? Yeah, I suppose it is. It is just frustrating to see people lined up looking for handouts who aren't willing to have the foresight and initiative to avoid the position they are in in the first place. I am thinking of the scene where the welfare moms were in the Wisconsin state capitol and one of them looked up at a painting on the wall that said something about justice, and she said "Justice? Where's MY justice?" A high paying job merely because she would like one is not justice. It is the opposite of justice. School is a lot of work, and there are times that it isn't the most fun imaginable, but it is very rewarding on many different levels. That is why I am going back. I should stop thinking about it.... It is getting me riled. I don't blame corporations at all for the outsourcing. Why give ungrateful people more money when there are thousands of people who would be tickled pink to do the same job for less? Talk about helping the poor... Those people are TRULY poor and are, in my opinion, more deserving of a job than many people here. What makes us so much better than them that we DESERVE 30 times the pay for the same job?
I will sign off for now... I need to go to bed and reset my brain. It is too frustrating. Is this what Michael Moore was trying to get across? The sheer, blinding frustration of living in a universe of mental midgets?
MM: "What do you think of when you play with yourself in the shower?"
PR Rep: "Well, I..., um... Trying to stay competitive...ummm."
I am kidding, but it did kind of seem like that at times. As for welfare workers and providing jobs for people in Flint, I have to say that I remain unimpressed. I can only speak for myself, but I worked by posterior off in school so that I can have the type of job that I have, and I continue to work very hard at it. And I don't want to hear about any downtrodden poor black people who never had a chance. They have every chance in the world, the same as I had. In this country the only reason people can't obtain a degree is because they don't buckle down and work at it. Brains has nothing to do with it, background has nothing to do with it. Work ethic has everything to do with it. A bit hard core? Yeah, I suppose it is. It is just frustrating to see people lined up looking for handouts who aren't willing to have the foresight and initiative to avoid the position they are in in the first place. I am thinking of the scene where the welfare moms were in the Wisconsin state capitol and one of them looked up at a painting on the wall that said something about justice, and she said "Justice? Where's MY justice?" A high paying job merely because she would like one is not justice. It is the opposite of justice. School is a lot of work, and there are times that it isn't the most fun imaginable, but it is very rewarding on many different levels. That is why I am going back. I should stop thinking about it.... It is getting me riled. I don't blame corporations at all for the outsourcing. Why give ungrateful people more money when there are thousands of people who would be tickled pink to do the same job for less? Talk about helping the poor... Those people are TRULY poor and are, in my opinion, more deserving of a job than many people here. What makes us so much better than them that we DESERVE 30 times the pay for the same job?
I will sign off for now... I need to go to bed and reset my brain. It is too frustrating. Is this what Michael Moore was trying to get across? The sheer, blinding frustration of living in a universe of mental midgets?
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